Tell someone you’re going to Colorado during winter and the assumption is you’ll be downhill skiing. Are you visiting Vail, Aspen and Snowmass, Telluride, Beaver Creek, Steamboat Springs or Breckenridge?

It’s not that the city holds more microbreweries than anywhere else — although, per capita, they do — it’s that beer is part of the everyday conversation around here, as commonplace as talking about the weather.

The Boulder Hotel & Motel Association is a nonprofit representing 19 lodging accommodations in Boulder. These include luxury hotels downtown, budget-conscious lodging, elegant B&Bs and inns with distinctive ambiance, weekly rentals, historic properties, residence lodging for long term and corporate housing. The deals page will aid the search for the best buy in Boulder.

Whatever your taste or budget, our Boulder Colorado lodging is likely to meet your needs. For the business traveler, meeting space, business centers, and easy internet connection are available in any of many formats – luxury hotels, extended-stay, suites, budget inns and motels, and bed and breakfasts. Our meetings page simplifies and facilitates your finding the venue best suited to your needs. Romantic amenities can include in-room fireplaces, in room Jacuzzis, and room service in a number of our boutique venues. Our properties serve as Boulder wedding venues and host Boulder wedding receptions and other group functions. For the fitness buff, many Boulder hotels and Boulder motels have fitness centers on property or offer short-time memberships to one of our many fitness clubs and many have pools and hot tubs. To meet the surging “traincation” demand many hotels are catering to athletes getting ready for marathons, bike races, the Olympics and Iron Man events around the world. Boulder is also known for its “pet guardian” language and many hotels and motels are dog–friendly. Many of our properties have gone “green” using “zero waste” practices, and offering organic, vegetarian, or vegan menus, all in the spirit of an eco-friendly Boulder, Colorado. Be assured that each and every Boulder, Colorado hospitality property offers non-smoking rooms.

Boulder offers all the attractions travelers seek in Colorado, including adventure, recreation, dining, art, culture and sports. It’s all here in a small town nestled in the foothills of the magnificent Rocky Mountains. Boulder, Colorado sits at 5,430 feet above sea level, and is surrounded by vast open space. It is conveniently located in comfortable proximity to Denver, Colorado’s State Capitol, towns along the Front Range such as Golden, Eldorado (and Eldorado Canyon State Park), Longmont, Loveland, Fort Collins, and Estes Park, the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. A toll road (Northwest Expressway E470) allows the traveler to get to Boulder from Denver International Airport via shuttle, rental car or bus in less than 40 minutes.

Sample the Boulder lifestyle year round! Springtime showcases new green fields and mountain meadows, budding gardens, tulips brightening the Pearl Street Pedestrian Mall, and pastures with newborn calves, lambs, and goats, which delight resident and visitor alike. In summer, browse and snack in the Farmer’s Market and visit arts festivals and music events with a picnic on the banks of Boulder Creek. Beautiful Fall days are perfect for a University of Colorado football game, Family Weekend or a hike into the Flatirons, those dramatic perpendicular stone formations adorning Boulder on its western flank. Winter skiing, both alpine and cross-country, is in easy reach from Boulder and doesn’t require a hectic drive on Interstate 70.

Any time of year, or day for that matter, sample the world-class food, wine and craft beer in what Bon Appetit called the “foodiest town in America”. Internationally lauded chefs occupy our hiking trails, bike paths and command the kitchens in our favorite restaurants.

Boulder, Colorado is home to the University of Colorado, Naropa University, government research facilities (NCAR, NOAA, NIST) and close to other global science and technology firms (NREL, Ball Aerospace, Kapp Technologies, Keymark, Corr Logic, Hydrosphere, IBM), Google, Twitter and many entrepreneurial ventures.

Since 1898, Colorado Chautauqua, a National Historic Landmark, occupies a special place in the heart of Boulder - both physically as its historic collages and meeting halls are located at the base of the Flatirons in a spectacular setting; and in its continuing dedication to core cultural, educational, social and recreational experiences for Boulder residents and visitors. Don’t miss it.